Baby Booties Baby Shoes Cake Toppers

There is nothing cuter than a little Baby Booties and Baby shoes cake topper on a baby shower cake. In this video, I show you how to make these cute and adorable baby booties and baby shoes without any cutters, templates, or special equipment. It is so simple and easy that whether you are a beginner making it for your own daughter or an advanced cake decorator making it for your customer, it will be a fun experience.

Simplicity in cake decorating

One of the big decisions for cake decorators when accepting orders is to make sure you have enough time to make the cake toppers in advance. Right? When I first started, I made several baby shower cakes with baby booties and baby shoes. (Sorry, those pictures were so old that I can’t share them anymore)

One of my issues was making sure I planned to make the shoes in advance. The bigger problem was making sure I had the cutters and templates. I would go hunting for them, but when I found them, it would be tough not knowing how much to expand them on the printer. Ah well, back then, I was not computer savvy, but that changed soon.

Recently, I made this cake—remember? The Pink Tree Trunk cake with baby booties, baby shoe cake toppers? I have a video on YouTube and here on this blog showing how I made this cake from start to finish. I also promised to share the video on making these baby booties and baby shoe cake toppers. Finally, I have edited the video, and it’s time to share it with you.

About the video

The baby booties and baby shoes cake topper video is not really new. I did make a video about four years ago. It was quite popular, too. But I was very embarrassed that the quality of the video was sad. Old camera, very new me, you know.

So, I decided to make a better video. My videos are still basic—simple and plain, just shot the way I make them. But now I’m making sure that my work board is in focus. Trust me, as simple as it sounds, sometimes you are so busy with your work that you forget the camera is on!

Earlier, the videos were separated into Baby Booties and the second video for Baby Shoes. Now in this one, I just combined the two. So yeah, it’s a bit long, but hopefully, you will still appreciate it.

These are the gum paste baby booties

I would usually use these on baby shower cakes and baby cakes from baptism to the first or even second birthday. I think they look adorable on a baptism cake.

And these are the gumpaste baby shoes

These are very common on baby shower cakes and, of course, baby birthday cakes from the second right up to the fourth or fifth year old. They look very pretty in white, too!

Some useful tips 

As you can see in the video, cake toppers are fairly simple and easy to make.  If you are a beginner – just work along with me in the video, pausing as you go and working with me. Don’t be afraid to start over. Practice only makes things easier, better, and on their way to perfection. Tools and equipment

1. Paste – I have used Fondant with CMC or Tylose added. You can also use half gumpaste and half fondant. You do not necessarily need the shoe to dry firm, but you do need the booties/shoes to hold their shape. That is why just plain fondant does not work well.
2. Quantity – I found the happy medium was 28 grams, but you can make them bigger or smaller.
3. Tools – If you have been on my blog by now, you know that I am not one to be dependent on tools, and yet I won’t deny that the right tool for the right job can be a real blessing, especially when you achieve professional

Don’t forget to save this tutorial on Pinterest for later.
You can also find a collection of my tutorials and recipes here on Pinterest.

I think you are going to love making these and have fun with them too.